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Patented Oct. 28, 1941 SURFACE snavmG MAcnnvE Robert S. Drummond, Detroit, Mich., assignor to National Broach and Machine Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application March 4, 1940, Serial No. 322,210

22. Claims.

The present invention relates to a surface shaving machine for finishing work pieces having one ormore surfaces of revolution.

It is an object of the present invention to' provide a machine having a relatively movable work spindle and tool spindle in combination with means for relatively feeding the. tool spindle in plunge cutting relation while rotating both of said spindles and for terminating a cycle of operation of the machine.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a surface nishing machine having a work spindle, a plurality of relativelymovable tool spindles, separate motor means for both rotating and translating said tool spindles, a motor for rotating the work spindle,` and control means associated with each tool spindle for arresting operation of each tool spindle, said control means being related so as to terminate rotation of the work spindle upon terminationof operation of all of said tool spindles.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide` a surface shaving'machine having a plurality of tool carriages, each of the tool carriages having mounted thereon a rotatable tool spindle and a motor eirective both to rotate the tool spindle and to translate the tool carriage.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent as the description proceeds, and when taken in conjunction with the accompanying .drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete machine; A

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the base for I the machine;

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the machine with panels and associated mechanism carried thereby omitted for clearness;

Figure 4 is a plan Aview of the main drive gear box;

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4: f

Figure s is u front-.elevation or the mistook assembly; .s l

Figure 7 is a section on the line 1-1 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a longitudinal section of the headstock assembly;

Figure 9 is a fragmentaryend elevationof thev Figure 12 is a section on the line i2-'I2 of` Figure Figure 13 is'an end elevation of the right-hand cutter assembly;

5 Figure 14 is a side elevation partly in section of the right-handcutter assembly;

Figure 15 is asecuou on' the une ls-ls of Figure 14; l

Figure 16 is an end elevation of the left-hand 10 cutter assembly;

l5 Figure 19 is an axial section through the .drive shaft of the feed drive mechanism;

Figure 4`20 is a section on the line 2li-20 of Figure 19; y

Figure 21 is an elevation partly in section of the connections between the drive shaft and the feed cam structure;

Figure 22 is a section on the line 22---22y of Figure 21;

Figure 23v is a plan ofthe top of the machine;

25 Figure 24 is a section on the line 24-2l of Figure 23;

Figure 25 is a front elevation of a single station machine;

Figure 26 is a side elevation of the machine shown in Figure 25;

Figure 27 is a rear elevation of the machine shown in Figure 25;

Figure 28 is a rear elevation of one of the tool slides employed in the lmachine illustrated in E Figure 25;

Figure 29 is a side elevation of the tool slid shown in Figure 28;

Figure 30 is a top plan View, partly in section, of the tool slide shown in Figure 28;

Figure .31 is a fragmentary section of the gear case taken through thetransmission gear centers;

Figure 32 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, of the tool slide and associated mechanism; and

Figure 33 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Figure 32. Figure 34 is a wiring diagram of a simplifie circuit employed in the 'present machine. Reference is first had to Figures 1` to 24 relating to a multiple station surface finishing machine. Figures 25 to 33 illustrate a single station surface machine, and will subsequently be described. l

The present application is a continuation in part of lmy copending application, Serial No.

177,147, led November 29, 1937, entitled Multiple station surface finishing machine."

In fthe multiple station type of machine a part to be finished. such, for example, as W in -f Figure 1 is mounted for rotation between centers.

Independent means areprovided for rotating this work place shown at 400 in Figure 1. In the example shown, the part W is an axle shaft having adjacent angularly related surfaces W' which is cylindrical and W2 which is radial and right angularly related to surfaces W'. Tool carriages 200 and 20D are provided adjacent the surfaces to be iinished. These carriages are mounted for translation toward and from the Work piece and each carriage has a mounting thereon for a rotary finishing tool. Also carried by each carriage is a motor for rotating its respective tool. As disclosed in my copending application above mentioned 'and in the present machine the carriages are mounted for trans- General arrangement The present machine contemplates the provision of a plurality of surface nishing mechanisms substantially similar to that disclosed in my copending'\application. These surface finishing mechanisms are mounted on a single carriage which in turn 'is constantly rotated by a worm driven by the motor I III carried by the base II). As the carriage 56 is rotated a stationary cam later to be described is supported from the base I and operates mechanism which raises the headstock 400 and releases the work piece W. The work piece W is retained in position by a suitable spring clip 449. The operator standing in front of the machine at the position Where the head 400 is operated to release the work piece removes the finished work and replaces it with a piece to be finished. This occurs while the carriage is rotating past this loading position. Immediately after passing the loading position the head 400 is lowered into operative engagement with the work piece and a friction clutch engages the work piece and rotates it independently of the rotation of the tool elements., A second stationary cam carried from the stationary base I0 is adapted to operate switches which start the rotation of the four motors carried by each individual panel. These motorsrotate the work and each tool and, in addition, through a suitable mechanism later to be described, feed lthe finishing tools in plunge cutting relation to the work and return. Upon completion of the workcoolant valve 86 which is provided about itsplurality of flexible conduits 82 into an interrupted annular space 84, as best seen in Figure 3. l

Base, table and column assembly The Amultiple station machine is adapted to be supported on base .I0 which takes the formof a relatively low heavy casting, having a central collared aperture I2 and supporting webs Il. On the top of the base III an upstanding annular shoulder I6 forms a space in which is mounted guiding roller bearings 80'. Outwardly spaced therefrom is an upwardly opening channel Il whichis adapted to receive coolant as it drains back into the base from a drain pan 66 secured to the base I0 and connected to the channel Il at spaced points by pipes 68. The outer edge of the channel I8 is formed by a wall portion 2,2' in which is formed at circumferentially spaced points outwardly opening recesses 22. The base portion, outwardly from the recesses 22, has an upwardly extending flange 24' which is provided 'with apertures 24 registering with the recesses 22. Heavy roller bearings 28 are mounted between the recesses and apertures, a cover 26 being provided to close and seal the recess. Received within the central aperture I2 in the base is a rigid tubular member 30. The member 30 is rigidly secured to the base by means af a ring 32 which is welded to the member 30 and is secured to the base I0 by a suitable securing means coolant manifold 94 to which at 90 intervals are connected nipples 91 and conduits 98 for conducting coolant to the cutter heads. Packing glands IIIII are provided to prevent leakage of oil. Rigidly secured to the tubular member 3l by securing means such as bolts 88 is a cylindrical outer periphery with a channel 84. The channel 84A extends for an arc 'of substantially 270 thereabout and, as will be obvious, is adapted to afford communication to three of the coolant conduits 9B simultaneously. The other coolant conduit 98 to which the iiow of oil is shut oif is the one which at that moment is passing the loading station. The top of the tube 30 is closed by a closure plate 8l which is centrally apertured to ing stroke a suitable limit switch is operated receive pipes 36 and III. The pipes are provided to house the wiring by means of which is secured to thebase III by means of a trunnion Y bearing IIS, III. Stud bolts Il! are provided on opposite sides of the trunnion bearing whereby the motor maybe rocked about the trunnion bearing in order to adjust tension of its driving belt.

Referring again to Figure 3, the table 60 has -bolted to the underside thereof as at 'I2 a circular rack 10. At a point opposite'the rack 'III the l in the housing for the shaft |36. A second gear |40 is secured to the opposite end of this shaft and is adapted to mesh with a gear |42 secured to shaft |44. Shaft |44 is journaled in bearings |46, |41 which extend within the space dened by thev projecting anges |24. 'Ihe worm |48 is adapted to be in constant mesh with the rack 10. The motor is connected to sheave |20 by flexible driving means such, for examplaas the V-belt H9. As will be obvious, as long as the motor I|0 is energized the table and column carrying the surface nishingmechanism will be continuously rotated.

A plate 58' is carried by each face of thev square column 51. This plate is adapted to carry the headstock, tailstock, tool carriages and mechanism for feeding the tool carriages which will now be described in detail.

Tailstock assembly The tailstock generally indicated at 500 and best shown in Figures 6 and 7, comprises'a bracket502 which is secured to the plate 58' (Figure 1) by bolts 504 and key means 58". The bracket 502 is provided with an enlarged bore 506 in which is housed the tailstock assembly..

This assembly comprises spaced bearings 5|2 witha spacer 508 positioned therebetween. Internally of the spacer is a spindle sleeve 5|0 which is rotatablyy supported by means of the bearings aforesaid. Received within the spindle sleeve is the spindle 5|4. The spindle is provided adjacent its rear end with screw threads 528 which are adapted to cooperate with corresponding screw threads on the interior of the spindle -vided to lock the bearing assembly 5|2 in position at the forward end of the tailstock and a second plate 522 is adapted to close the rear end of the bore and to surround the spindle. The spindle 5|4 is provided at its forward end with an outwardly cupped portion 5|4' and centrally thereof with a longitudinal extending b'ore 534. A centering pin 538 is slidably received within the bore 534 and is urged outwardly by means it is only necessary to move the work piece against the guiding surfaces 548 in which position it will be accurately centered over the centering pin 636 and may then be allowed to engage the tailstock spindle proper. It will be understood that the work piece is supported on the panel in vertical position and that the tailstock is adapted to support the bottom on they work piece. y

A guard plate 5|8 is secured to the forward exposed end of the spindle sleeve 5|0 by suitable securing means such as lbolts 520.

Headstock assembly 'I'he headstock 400 is adapted to be mounted adjacent the top of the panel 58' directly above the tailstock 500. 'I'he headstock is mounted in a headstock housing 402 which is secured to the keys 56" by means of anges 40| by bolts 40|'. The headstock housing 402 has an enlarged central bore 404 which is adapted to receive the removable headstock in slidable relation. Mounted in the bore 404 is a bearing housing 406 in which bearings 408 are mounted and separated by a spacer 4|0. The bearings are retained in assembled position by retainers 4| 4 and 4 I4'. The spindle 4|2 is received within the bearing housing in rotatable relation thereto through the medium of the bearings above mentioned. The spindle is provided at its forward end with a projecting annular collar 420 defining a chamber 420 therein. Within the chamber extends the center 422. Also mounted within the recess 420 is an automatic clutch mechanism 426 which will now be described.

Adjacent the outer end of the chamber is secured a roller chuck housing 428 which is keyed to the collar 420 by a key 428 bolted or otherwise secured as at 430 to the collar. The outer end of the chuck housing 428 is provided with an inwardly extending annular 'ange and an end plate 436 is secured to the opposite end of' the chuck housing. Between the end plate .436 and the inwardly extending annular collar are vprovided alternate tapered rollers 438 and roller spacers '434. This entire assembly is slidably mounted within the space 420 and is retained therein against a compression spring 424 by an apertured clutch plate 440 secured to the lcollar 420 as by bolts 442. The headstock housing is provided with a forwardly extending "bracket 444 vwhich extends to a position in front of the open 'I'his bracket 444 end of the headstock proper. is provided at its upper end with inclined guide surfaces 448 which are so related to the aperture in the headstock that a Work piece engaging both of the inclined surfaces is accurately centered with respect to the aperture. Spiral leaf springs 449 are provided adjacent the inclined surfaces, as best seen in Figure 9. 'Ihe relationship is such that when the automatic headstock is withdrawn, unchucking the work piece, the springs 449 will be sufficient to retain the work piece in position.

As before stated, it is contemplatedthat the headstock inV my improved surface nishing machine shall be automatically operated and to this endI provide theouter portion of the bearing housing 406 with a series of rack teeth 464. Suitable mechanism later to be described is provided which is adapted at a certain phase in the cycle to operate gear 465 which is received within an enlarged portion 466 of the -headstock housing. As will be obvious from an inspection of Figure 8, rotation of gearA 465 in a clockwise direction will cause retraction of thebearinghousing spindle 4|2 and the associated parts within the space 420. It is contemplated that the headstock will l tuates the rack 411.

the moving parts which are actuated through be supported at its bottom against the tailstock and at its upperV end by the springs 449 pressing the same against the inclined surfaces 446.

In order to provide for rotation of the headstock in any position of axial adjustment the rear portion of the spindle 4|2 has a reduced splined l0 portion 454. 'I'he splined portion 454 is slidably received within a correspondingly splined cylindrical driving member 455. 'I'he driving member 455 has keyed thereto as at 451 a sheave 458, L which is peripherallygrooved as at 459 to receive the belts 460. 'I'he driver 455 and the sheave are retained in position by means of a locking nut 451'. This assembly is housed within a space provided between a closure member 450 which is bolted or otherwise secured as at 45| to the, upper 20 open end of the headstock housing and a housing member 452 which is bolted or otherwise secured as at 453 to the closure plate 450. 'Ihe driver is rotatably supported within the closure plate 450 by suitable bearing means 456. The sheave 458 25 is connected by the V-belts 460 to a suitable driving motor 493. (See Figure l0.)

On the rearward end of the driver 454 is -secured a sheave 46| which is aligned with the sheave 462 carried b'y a bracket 463. A frictiong() relay 463 is carried by the bracket and operatively connected tothe sheave 462. This relay functions in a well known manner to'stop rotation of the headstock immediately upon deenergiaation of the motor. vSuch an arrangement is desirable because of inertia of the motor and associated parts.

Automatic control for headstock spinale As stated above, suitable automatic mechanism is provided for retracting the headstock as the panel approaches the loading position. This mechanism is best-shown in Figures 10 to 12. Figure -12 illustrates a cam 492 secured to the but in operation will remain stationary. As can be seen, as the column 51 rotates (in a clockwise direction in Figure 12) the cam 492 is adapted to engage a rollerl 49| carried intermediate a lever- 488. This lever is pivoted at one end as at 490` 50 to a post 489 and its other end is connected by a suitable loose connection to a`plunger 466,5 The panel member 56' secured to the plate l1 has secured in an aperture therein an inwardly extending bushihg support483. A bushing 484 is provided within the bushing support and a guiding bolt 485 projects through boththe bushing support and the bushing to engage in a groove 481 in the plunger 466. Secured to the outer side of the panel 56' in aligned position relative to the 6b bushing support is a housing 41.5'. Within this housing in slidable relation is supported a rack 411 (see Figure 10). A projection on the rack f extends into the bushing 484 to a point adjacent the plunger 486. This projection is bored and mal operation the plunger 486 engages the button 70 and through the intermediacy of the spring ac- If for any reason any of the rack 411 ,are arrested, the button and spring are adapted to be moved relative to the extension f 11o-.prevent breaking oflparts. .The housing 415' lis provided with a closure 499 which provides thereinnqan enclosed spacein which is secured a gear 416. The gear 416 is keyed to shaft 41| which is mounted in suitable bearings in the housing. On'the outer end of the shaft is Drovided a ycam 41l"which is arranged to cooperate with a limit switch 419 to prevent actuation of the driving motors while the headstock is in retracted position.

'I'he gear 416 is in operative engagement with the rack 411 and as the column 51. rotates so that cam 492 operatesy plunger 486, rotation will obviously be imparted to gear 416.- Rotation of gear 416 is transferred through a double acting fixture lock 413 to a shaft 41| within the headstock housing. Suitable bearings 412 are provided for theshaft 41| and a gear 410 is carried n thereby. A second gear 461 carried by a shaft 461' engages gear 410 and a third gear 465 is carried by the opposite endof shaft 461'. The gear 465, best seen in Figure 8, operatively engages with thexrack teeth 464 on the bearing housing 406 in a manner to raise and lower the headstock assembly. y

'I'he double acting fixture lock rei'erred to is of the type which permits movement to be transmitted therethrough when the applied force comes from one side of the lock but which prevents such movement when the moving force is on the other side of the lock. As used here, this lock permits the cam and associated rack and pinion mechanism to raise the headstock. After the roller 49| has passed the cam 492, the operating handle 414 of the fixture lock must be operated in order to permit the headstock to return to operative position. In addition the fixture lock serves the function of preventing the headstock from being raised or loosened by extraneous force such, for example, as vibration when such force is applied directly to the headstock assembly.

Mechanism for oiling the slides which support the carriages is provided and takes the form of ,l a forced feed lubricator 496 which is adapted to column50. This cam is adlustably supported 45 be operated by means 'of an eccentric 495 operated from the motor 493 which also rotates the headstock. The handle 491 is provided in order 'that feed may be accelerated manually, if desired.

i Cutter head assembly Two cutter heads are provided, one indicated at 200 in' Figure "1 being referred to herein as the right hand` cutter. This cutter is adapted to shave on the cylindrical surface of the axle. The cutter head assembly comprises a carriage 203 which is provided with a slide 203vmounted in ways 202 formed in a projection 20| on the plate 58'. These ways, as indicated in Figure 13, have hardened inserts to take the bearing. Suitable mechanism later to be described is provided which reciprocates the carriage 203. The slide 203' is provided with a second set of ways 205 on which is slidably mounted a base 204.

Means for providing for a relative adjustment between base 204 and slide 203' is provided and takes the form of a threaded member 206 carried by the base 204 and having threaded engagement in a portion of the slide 203'. The outer end of threaded member 206 is squared as at 201 for cooperation with a suitable detachable handle and a scale 208 is provided to indicate the adjustment.

Since this cutter head is adapted to reciprocate in an oblique direction it is desirable to counteract its weight by spring means and these 

